Intellectual and Social History. University of Michigan, Classical Art and Archaeology

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1 T. Keith DIX Associate Professor Department of Classics University of Georgia Athens, Georgia SPECIAL INTERESTS: Ancient Libraries Augustan Poetry Cicero Aristophanes Field Archaeology Topography Intellectual and Social History Epigraphy ACADEMIC HISTORY: Ph.D A.M A.M A.B University of Michigan, Classical Studies Dissertation: Private and Public Libraries at Rome in the First Century B.C. University of Michigan, Classical Studies University of Michigan, Classical Art and Archaeology Princeton University, Classics with High Honors Thesis: Foreign Cult Sites in the City of Rome: Hercules, Aesculapius, Magna Mater, Isis BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES: The Beginning of Understanding: Writing in the Ancient World, with Marti Lu Allen. Exhibition catalogue, Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Michigan, pages. Contributor: Essay, Writing Systems and the Dissemination of Writing in the Ancient World, 15-18; seven introductory sections, fifty catalogue entries (description, translation, commentary, bibliography for each object), , 132, ,

2 ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS: Λάβε τὸ βuβλίον: Orality and Literacy in Aristophanes, with Carl Anderson, forthcoming in Ruth Scodel, editor, Between Orality and Literacy: Communication and Adaptation in Antiquity. Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, vol. 10 (Leiden 2014), Vergil at the Races: The Contest of Ships in Book 5 of the Aeneid, with Carl Anderson, Vergilius 59 (2013), 3-21 Beware of promising your library to anyone: Assembling a Private Library at Rome, Ancient Libraries, edited by Jason König, Katarina Oikonomopolou, and Greg Woolf (Cambridge 2013), Libraries, private, public (Greece and Rome), Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by Roger Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige Champion, Andrew Erskine, and Sabine Hübner (Malden, MA 2013) (2000 words) Karpathos, with Carl Anderson, Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by Roger Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige Champion, Andrew Erskine, and Sabine Hübner (Malden, MA 2013) (350 words) Reacting to the Past and the Classics Curriculum: Rome in 44 BCE, with Carl Anderson, CJ 103 (2008), Prometheus and the Basileia in Aristophanes Birds, with Carl Anderson, CJ 102 (2007), Public libraries in the city of Rome from the Augustan age to the time of Diocletian, with George W. Houston, MEFRA 118 (2006), Library at Alexandria, in History in Dispute. Volume 20: Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies, edited by Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter (Detroit 2005), Introduction, as Guest Editor, Classical Bulletin 80.1 (2004), issue on Information Technology in the Ancient World, 3-4 Small States in the Athenian Empire: the Case of the Eteokarpathioi, with Carl Anderson, Syllecta Classica 15 (2004), 1-31 Aristotle s Peripatetic Library, in Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity, edited by James Raven (New York 2004), Alexandrian Library, in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, edited by Thomas J. Sienkewicz (Pasadena 2002), 230 The Library of Lucullus, Athenaeum 88 (2000),

3 Politics and State Religion in the Delian League: Athena and Apollo in the Eteocarpathian Decree, with Carl Anderson, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 117 (1997), A Latin Inscription in Greek Characters and Bilingualism in the Roman Empire, Preatti of XI International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Rome 1997), Pliny s Library at Comum, in Libraries and Philanthropy: Library History Seminar IX, edited by Donald G. Davis, Jr. (Austin 1996), (reprinted from Libraries and Culture 31 [1996]) Libraries in Roman Baths? with George W. Houston, Balnearia (Newsletter of the International Association for the Study of Ancient Baths) 4 (1996), 2-4 Vergil in the Grynean Grove: Two Riddles in the Third Eclogue, Classical Philology 90 (1995), Public Libraries at Rome: Ideology and Reality, Libraries and Culture 29 (1994), Books and Bookmaking, in Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Bible (New York 1993), Ovid Strikes Out: Tristia 3.1 and the First Public Libraries at Rome, The Augustan Age 7 (1988), REVIEWS: Alison Cooley (ed.), The Afterlife of Inscriptions and The Epigraphic Landscape of Roman Italy, in American Journal of Archaeology 107 (2003), Lionel Casson, Libraries in the Ancient World, in Journal of Roman Archaeology 15 (2002), Fabrizio Fabbrini (ed.), Maecenas. Il collezionismo nel mondo romano dall età degli Scipioni a Cicerone, in BMCR Barbara Weiden Boyd, Vergil s Aeneid, 10 & 12: Pallas & Turnus, in Classical Outlook 77 (2000), Kevin Robb, Literacy and Paideia in Ancient Greece, in Classical Outlook 74 (1997), 79 3

4 PAPERS READ: Λάβε τὸ βuβλίον: Orality and Literacy in Aristophanes, with Carl Anderson, Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World X, June 2012 Vergil at the Races: The Contest of Ships in Book 5 of the Aeneid, with Carl Anderson, CAMWS, March 2012; University of Georgia, April 2012 What is Reacting to the Past? An Introduction to the Pedagogy, CAMWS Southern Section, October 2010 Games Students Play: Reacting to the Past and Student Engagement in Learning, with Carl Anderson, CAMWS, April 2009 Bibliothecam tuam cave cuiquam despondeas: Assembling a Private Library at Rome, Ancient Libraries Conference, School of Classics, University of St Andrews, September 2008 ut fuit acris vehementiae, sic quoque spectari monumenta sua voluit: Asinius Pollio and his Library, CAMWS, April 2008 After the Ides of March: History, Agency, and Chance in a Classroom Game, with Carl Anderson, CAMWS, April 2007 Finding a Place for You: The Placement Service and Other Aids, panel On the Market: A Workshop for Job Seekers, APA, January 2007 Immortal Spirits Speak In Those Same Places: Invoking the Dead in Roman Libraries, CAMWS Southern Section, November 2006 Reading Rooms and Tombs, CAMWS, April 2006; Michigan State University, March 2006; conference, Material Cultures and the Creation of Knowledge, Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh, July 2005 Julius Caesar s Plans on the Capitoline, AIA, January 2006; APA, January 2005 Reacting to the Past: An Introduction, CAMWS, April 2005 τίς ἐστιν ἡ βασίλεια; and Some Other Problems in Aristophanes Birds, with Carl Anderson, CAMWS Southern Section, November 2004 Cicero s Library at Antium, CAMWS, April 2004 Who Were the Eteokarpathioi? with Carl Anderson, CAMWS, April

5 Libraries of Ancient Rome, Michigan State University, March 2003; Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture, Rollins College, March 2002 From the Sea to the Sahara: The Romans in North Africa, Mediterranean Society of America (Richmond, Virginia), November 2000 Seeking My Brothers in Vain: Imperial Libraries and Public Memory, symposium, Tyranny and Transformation, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, October 2000 Aristotle s Peripatetic Library, conference, Lost Libraries, 4th Biennial Conference sponsored by the Cambridge Project for the Book Trust, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, September 2000 Greek Culture, Royal Rivalry, and Hellenistic Libraries, conference, Material Cultures: The Book, the Text, and the Archive, Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh, July 2000 New Neighbors for Jupiter? Julius Caesar s Plans on the Capitoline, CAMWS, April 2000 Was the Athenian Empire a Tyranny? The Case of the Eteocarpathians, with Carl Anderson, APA, December 1999 The First Public Libraries in Rome: Capitoline versus Palatine? CAWMS, April 1999 Not worth the paper it s written on: Literacy as a Comic Device in Aristophanes, University of Georgia, February 1997 The Eteocarpathian Decree (IG i ) and the Construction Date of the Erechtheion, with Carl Anderson, AIA, December 1996; CAMWS Southern Section, October 1996 Athena and Apollo in the Eteocarpathian Decree (IG i ): Politics and Religion in the Delian League, with Carl Anderson, Association of Ancient Historians, April 1996 Bibliothecam tuam cave cuiquam despondeas: Building a Private Library at Rome, CAMWS, April 1996 New Inscriptions from Carthage (Tunisia), CAMWS, April 1995 Pliny s Library at Comum, Library History Seminar IX, University of Alabama, March 1995 Antony Visits Varro, CAMWS Southern Section, October 1994 si hortum <cum> bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil (Cic. Fam. 9.4), CAMWS, April

6 Whatever Happened to Varro s Library? Proscription, Bibliophilia, and Public Libraries at Rome, conference, The Greek and Roman Book, University of Minnesota, October 1993 In the Shadow of Great Names: Reading Lists in an Age of Cultural Insecurity, Keynote Address, Annual Classics Colloquium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 1993 Cleopatra and the Alexandrian Libraries, CAMWS Southern Section, November 1992 A Latin Inscription in Greek Characters and Bilingualism in the Roman Empire, CAMWS, April 1992 Establishing the First Canon of Literature: Scholars in the Museum of Alexandria, Davidson College, November 1991 Literacy and Illiteracy in the Greek and Roman World, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, October 1991 The Elixir of Memory and Wisdom, University of Michigan, September 1991: opening lecture for the exhibit, The Beginning of Understanding: Writing in the Ancient World, Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Michigan, August 1991 When a Library and a Garden are Enough: Literary Culture and Political Retreat in the First Century BCE, Michigan State University, May 1991; Emory University, November 1994 Lucullus and the Hotel of the Muses, CAMWS Southern Section, November 1990 What evil papyrus is this? Literacy and Aristophanes Audience, CAMWS, April 1989 Public Libraries at Rome: Ideology and Reality, APA, January 1989 Pliny s Benefactions to Comum and Imperial Policy in Italy, CAMWS, April 1987 Vergil in the Grynean Grove: Two Riddles in the Third Eclogue, APA, December 1986 The Genesis of Public Libraries at Rome, AIA, December 1986 Sulla and the Library of Aristotle, CAMWS, April 1985 Roman Libraries and Greek Librarians: The Case of Tyrannio, CAMWS Southern Section, November

7 PANELS ORGANIZED: Co-organizer and chair, Reacting to the Past: Student Engagement in the Classics Curriculum, CAMWS Southern Section, October 2010 Organizer and chair, The Effective Classics Department, Presidential Panel, CAMWS Southern Section, November 2008 Co-organizer and chair, Bringing Ancient Athens to Athens, Georgia: Reacting to the Past, CAMWS, April 2005 Organizer and chair, IT (Information Technology) in the Ancient World, CAMWS Southern Section, November 2002 Organizer and chair, The Latin Club: It s Not Just for Toga Parties Anymore, Foreign Language Association of Georgia, February 2002 Organizer and chair, Annus unus ad cohibendum bracchium toga: The Latin Teacher s First Year, Foreign Language Association of Georgia, February 2001 Organizer and chair, Latina reticulata: Web Resources in the Latin Classroom, Foreign Language Association of Georgia, February 2000 Co-organizer and co-chair, Teaching Archaeology: Within and Without the Classroom, CAMWS, April 1998 Co-organizer and co-chair, New Directions in Aristophanes, CAMWS, April 1989 Organizer and chair, Literature, Literacy and Libraries in the Roman World, CAMWS, April 1988 Co-organizer and co-chair, Pliny the Younger, CAMWS, April 1987 AWARDS RECEIVED: Center for Hellenic Studies: Summer Scholar, 1996 National Endowment for the Humanities: Travel to Collections Grant, 1989, $750: The Circus in the Life of Roman Carthage University of Georgia: Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, International Travel Grant, 2004, $1250: Publication of the Inscriptions from the University of Georgia Excavations at Carthage, Tunisia 7

8 Center for Humanities and Arts, Research Fellowship, , $7000: Libraries and Honorable Leisure: Public and Private Libraries at Rome in the First Century BCE Research Foundation Faculty Research Grant, 1997, $4000: The Great Age of Libraries: Intellectual Culture and Library Foundation in the Hellenistic Age University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Summer Excellence Research Award, 1989, $4000; 1990, $4000: The Circus in the Life of Roman Carthage Research Council New Faculty Grant, , $1160: Private and Public Libraries at Rome in the First Century B.C. Research Council Grant for New Assistant Professors, , $500: Pliny s Library at Comum TEACHING EXPERIENCE: University of Georgia: Assistant Professor ; Associate Professor Elementary and Intermediate Latin, Vergil, Catullus, Ovid, Petronius, Apuleius, Augustine, Early Latin Literature, Roman Epic, Roman Didactic Poetry, Roman Elegy, Latin Prose Survey, Latin Poetry Survey, Elementary and Intermediate Greek, Homer, Greek Prose Composition, Roman Culture, Ancient Novel, Ancient Comedy, Mythology, Ancient Roman Cities, Reacting to the Past University of Georgia: Temporary Lecturer Elementary Latin, Intermediate Greek, Roman Didactic Poetry, Roman Culture University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Assistant Professor Elementary Latin and Greek, Cicero, Catullus, Livy, Vergil, Latin Prose Composition, Mythology, Literature in Translation College of William and Mary: Visiting Assistant Professor Elementary Latin, Mythology, Greek and Roman Archaeology University of Georgia: Visiting Assistant Professor Elementary Latin, Roman Culture University of Michigan: Visiting Lecturer Elementary Latin, Elementary Greek, English Vocabulary Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome: Assistant Professor The Ancient City, Herodotus Teaching Assistant Greek Lyric Poetry, Thucydides, Propertius, Livy, The Ancient City 8

9 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Epigrapher, University of Georgia Excavations of the Yasmina Necropolis, Carthage, Tunisia, Co-Curator, The Beginning of Understanding: Writing in the Ancient World, Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Michigan, September 1991-February 1993 Assistant director, University of Georgia Excavations of the Roman Circus, Carthage, Tunisia, Square supervisor, University of Michigan-University of Missouri Excavations at Tel Anafa, Israel, 1979 Registrar and assistant square supervisor, University of Michigan Excavations at Carthage, Tunisia, 1977 SERVICE: American Philological Association: Committee on Professional Matters, (ex officio); Joint Committee on Placement, 1988; ; Chair, Classical Association of the Middle West and South: Subcommittee on the Semple, Grant, and Benario Travel Awards, ; Chair, Subcommittee on the Good Teacher Awards, State Vice President for Georgia, CAMWS Southern Section: President, ; Immediate Past President, Elected Member of the Executive Committee, Chair, Committee on Local Arrangements, 2000 meeting (Athens, Georgia) Georgia Classical Association: President, ; Vice President, University of Queensland, Australia: Evaluator of Ph.D. dissertation, 2012 Auburn University: External evaluator of candidate for promotion and tenure, 2012 University of Georgia: University Libraries Committee, Department of Classics: Undergraduate Coordinator, , Self-Study Committee for Program Review, Undergraduate Program Committee for Program Review, Chair, Mission Statement Committee, 1996 Awards Committee,

10 Awards and Scholarships Committee, Chair, , Bylaws Committee, Chair, Classical Culture/Archaeology Committee, 1996-; Chair, Graduate Advisory Committee, Greek Committee, Latin Committee, Scholarship Committee, ; Chair, , Search Committees, ; Chair, 2012; (2 committees) Study Abroad Committee, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Academic Appeals Committee, Library Committee, ; Chair, ; Serials Screening Subcommittee, College of Arts and Sciences: College Council, ; Vice Chair, Spring 1991; Committee on Committees, Instructional Area Committee: Literature, ; Chair, Western Civilization Committee Departmental Library representative, Updated 26 march